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The Bowl

4.6 (66 reviews)
ModerateSalad
Closed • 11:00 am - 10:00 pm

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Joe V.

Great restaurant for freshly cooked bowls. Fresh ingredients cooked to order. Staff is always super helpful and willing to accommodate adding extra ingredients if requested. Always a good, healthy meal!

Shrimp bowl(Build Your Own)
Michele S.

Delicious! This very unassuming fast food-ish restaurant was one of the best meals while I was traveling in NY that week. It was fresh, customizable and the sauce was delicious! Highly recommend!

Teriyaki noodles with tofu!
D P.

Delicious food and helpful friendly service! There are plenty of add-ins for the full, customized stir-fry experience.

Tofu with rice noodles, corn and veggies in the Thai Curry Sauce
Samantha K.

This place was GREAT! So many options! We had the tofu with veggies rice noodle & Thai curry sauce and then chicken with veggies and teriyaki as well as the vegetarian potstickers! So good! I'm from Ohio and am a self-proclaimed foodie and this was such a fun find! I would totally come here again!

Vegetable Bowl with Egg noodles
Leslie H.

First time trying out this place. I got a vegetable bowl with egg noodles. Unfortunately I do not like it but thankfully I can give to my toddler. The food lacks seasoning, quite dry and not enough sauce, noodles very sticky. The mall food tastes better than this. Disappointed.

Chicken Hot Bowl(Build Your Own)  Egg noodles with Thai chili
Nicole E.

Staff was incredibly helpful and friendly. I usually peruse online menus before visiting a new spot, but the online info wasn't really helpful so some help at the store was needed. Ordered two noodle bowls to go: one with egg noodles and Thai chili sauce and the other with rice noodles and teriyaki sauce. The bowls were reasonably priced and the portions were large. However, the egg noodles were a letdown. They were very mushy and overcooked. I wasn't a big fan of the Thai chili sauce, though it was plentifully applied. The rice noodles were better cooked and still retained a little bite. The teriyaki sauce also has better flavor, but there wasn't enough of that in the bowl so it was a little bland. Although a substantial portion of chicken was given, the portion of veggies was a little lacking. The chicken was of better quality than I was anticipating, but just lacking in flavor. All of the ingredients looked fresh and the location was clean. I wasn't blown away by the food, but maybe another choice would have been better. Location is very convenient to the Colonie Center Shopping complex. Parking is a little confusing, as you need to go behind the orthodontist to the back lot.

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The food was great here. Great spot for lunch. Portions are very generous for the price. Lots of options and really nice flavors.

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This place has fantastic food that is made fresh as you order. The atmosphere is calm and prices are perfect

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Great place for dine in or take out. Food is prepared well, service is great, reasonably priced. Would definitely recommend.

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2 years ago

Chicken bowl was average. The peas and carrots were frozen type, not fresh, the broccoli was still crunchy. Overall it was average.

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